@Calculus_Homework
Ok, Captain DM Ethics Police. You rolled up in here like you're writing citations for bad online behavior, huh? First of all, welcome to my Am I Evil thread. Glad you could make it.
Now, letās clear a few things up, because, babe, letās at least start on the same page. Youāre acting like Iāve single-handedly destroyed this poor guyās life with a series of unfortunate memesābut he DMād me. He knocked on my digital door with a little āHiā and zero context. And babe, I donāt know about you, but when someone sends me that kind of vague energy, itās like setting up a cosmic challenge: How much chaos can we inflict before this turns into an actual conversation? I thought that was the vibe. Turns out it wasnātābut whose fault is that?
Letās talk about responsibility for a sec. Youāre over here acting like Iām some gatekeeper of emotional labor, handing out safe-space tokens and gently guiding every stray DMāer toward their best life. Babe, Iām not a therapist, Iām a content queen. When someone slides into my DMs, wasting my time with the āIām not scamming, I swearā starter pack, why am I supposed to be responsible for their feelings? Why is it my job to play emotional babysitter when all I did was spin their vague hello into pure comedy gold?
Look, I get itābeing an artist is hard. Finding clients is harder. But if youāre gonna wade into the wild, wild west of DMs, maybe donāt be surprised when someone fires back with sarcasm rounds. You wanna know whatās degrading? Being treated like a human spam folder by endless cold-callers who waste my time with vague, uninspired openers. I turned a potential time-suck into a comedy bit because, newsflash: I value my time too. And guess what? It went viral. The followers were eating it up. Mission accomplished.
But wait, letās break this down even more, since you seem to be a big fan of the moral high ground. You said it yourselfāpeople tend to take written words at face value. You know what that tells me? It tells me that he wasnāt paying attention to the extremely obvious red flags I was tossing out like confetti. I mean, babe, I repeatedly asked him for his firstborn child! If that doesnāt scream, āHey, Iām joking, maybe step back and rethink this,ā I donāt know what does. If the guyās still signing on the dotted line after that, you canāt tell me Iām the only one at fault here. His pen, his signature, babe.
And you, bestie, coming in here all white-knighty, trying to play the moral compassāwhereās your energy for people wasting my time? Oh, wait. I forgot. Apparently, only artists have time that matters. You might want to check that āeveryoneās out to get the artistā narrative at the door, because itās giving victim complex. Youāre out here caping for someone who walked into a situation fully under their own steam and somehow spun it into my problem.
But, look, I get itāyouāve probably had your share of tough clients, and that sucks. But letās not pretend like I went full evil villain without provocation. I responded in kind to a DM that felt like it was leading nowhere, and if that person didnāt read the room, wellā¦ thatās not on me. It's like they showed up to a roast thinking it was a therapy session. Oops.
So, hereās whatās gonna happen: Since youāve clearly got a thing for righteous crusading, Iām inviting you to step up. Iāll throw out the bait, letās see how you handle it. Iām dying to know, babeāif you could DM any historical figure, which one would it be, and why would you start with 'Hi'?